Necktie-clasp.



E. P. TOBIE.

NECKTIE CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1916.

Patented Sept. 11, 191?.

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NECKTIE-GLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. jlil, 19M.

Application filed November 7, 1916. Serial No. 129,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. Tonm, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNecktie-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps purposed to engage the free ends of thenecktie and to properly retain the same relatively to the clothing. Theprimary objects of my invention .are to accommodate the device to tiesof varying widths; to tightly retain the tie in the clasp; tonon-rigidly connect the tie with a button upon the clothing in such amanner as to permit a more or less free move ment of the tie in thevertical direction and to swing laterally to a limited extent wherebythe tie may move gracefully but without deranging the shape of the samewhen the wearers body moves; to insure the attaching loop againstaccidental disengagement from the button; to insure the completeconcealment of the loop by the tie; to afiord sufiicient resiliency inthe parts to easily aocommodate neckties of varying thicknesses; tofacilitate the engagement or release of the parts from the tie; and toattain these ends in a simple and inexpensive structure.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists of such parts andcombinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification andin which like figures represent like parts throughout the views,

Figure 1, is a front elevation of my novel device in engagement with atie, a portion of the tie being broken away,

Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same on line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the clasp in open position,

Fig. 4:, a top plan-view of the'samein-like position, and

Fig. 5, a rear elevation of the device closed.

In the form of my invention herein illus-- trated an elongated, somewhatresilient metal body 7 has its end portions rearwardly directed as at 8and 9 in curves terminating in loops 10 and 11 respectively, the formerserving as a keeper, and the latter as a hinge socket. The portions 8and 9 are resilient and form adjacent their respective loops interiorcurved recesses 12 and 13 respectively adapted to receive the sidemargins of the tie when the latter is exceptionally wide. By reason ofthese recesses sizes of varying widths may be readily accommodated bythis device.

Cooperating with this body is a hinged member or tongue represented in ageneral manner by the reference numeral 14:. This member comprises a bar15 provided with a pivoting loop 16 at one end, which loop is offsetfrom the bar portion forming a resultant shoulder 17 and upon anintermediate portion of the bar is a vertically disposed oblong loop 18preferably of greater breadth at its top than at its bottom whichconstitutes a spring portion exerting pressure longitudinally of themember 15. Upon the outer extremity of the bar are transversely disposedor lateral loops 19 in alinement with each other adapted to frictionallyengage the keeper 10 and whichare outwardly pressed by the action of thespring 18. The pivoting loop 16 pames loosely through the socket 11.Normally the bar 15 is of suficient length to be slightly overlapped bythe keeper 10 when in closed position, but by virtue of the resiliencyof the body 7 and the action of the springloop 18 the loops 19 may bemanually engaged or disengaged with the keeper, passing beneath the loop8 and clamping the tie against the portion 8 of the body. To facili tatesuch engagement or disengagement the loops 19 are so constructed as toproject above and below the plane of the body 7. Thus, to disengage thebar, the first and second fingers are pressed against the loops 19 whilethe thumb presses in an opposite direction upon the keeper 10, thusmaking disenga ement easy and instantaneous.

n the present instance the construction of the bar is rendered extremelyinexpensive by the use of a stiii yet resilient wire from which areformed, by bending, all the loops referred to, while the free ends ofthe wire tilt 20 and 21 rest upon the horizontal portions 22 and 23respectively assisting to form the bar. The extremity of the ends 20 and21 abut against the lower portion of the loop 18.

In Figs. 1 and 2 areshown a tie 24 which tie overlaps the buttons 25upon the front of a shirt 26. One of these buttons is inserted in theloop 18 of the tongue and by this means the tie is retained near the surface of the shirt but is still capable of a slight vertical movement andwill swing to a limited extent laterally which is desirable at times asalready suggested.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 3 that the spring loop 18cooperates with the body 7 to clamp one margin of the tie between theloops 19 and the body portion 8; while the other margin of the tie isclamped by the shoulder 17 against the portion 9 of the body, thuspreventing slipping of the tie relatively to the fastener itself.

It will be further observed that the loca tion of themember 14 in aplane in the rear of the body so ofi'sets the loop 18 as to permit ampleroom and free passage of the tie which would not of course be possiblewere the loop in substantially the same vertical plane as the body.Furthermore, this ofiset relation when the member 14 is engaged with thetie, results in forcing the lower ortion of the loop 18 tightly againstthe t1e, thus forming a barrier across the throat of said loop andpreventing any accidental escape of the engaged button.

I claim:

1. A necktie clasp comprising an elongated body, rearwardly directedinwardly curved fingers upon the ends of the body adapted to guide theedges of the tie, a hinge socket on the end of one finger, and a tonguemounted in the socket and having a lateral spring loop intermediate itsends.

2. A necktie clasp comprising a flat elongated body, rearwardly directedinwardly curved fingers upon the ends of the body forming concaverecesses, a hinge socket on the end of one finger spaced from the body,a loop on the end of the other finger also spaced from the body, and atongue mounted in the socket adapted to abut against the first mentionedloop and having a lateral spring loop intermediate its ends.

3. A necktie clasp comprising an elongated .body, rearwardly directedinwardly curved 55 fingers upon the ends of the body, a loop on "onefinger spaced from the body, a socket 'on the other finger also spacedfrom the body, a tongue pivotally mounted in the socket adapted toengage the loop, and having a lateral spring loop intermediate its ends,and an inwardly directed shoulder on the tongue adjacent the socket.

4. A necktie clasp comprising an elongated body, rearwardly directedinwardly curved resilient fingers upon the ends of the body, a loop uponthe extremity of one finger spaced from the body, a socket integral withthe end of the other finger also spaced from the body, a tonguepivotally engaging the socket, and having a lateral spring loopintermediate its ends, and a loop upon the free end of the tongueadapted to engage the first mentioned loop.

5. A necktie clasp comprising an elongated body, rearwardly directedinwardly curved resilient. fingers upon the ends of the body, a loopupon the extremity of one finger spaced from the body, a socketintegralwith the end of the other finger also spaced from the body, atongue pivotally engaging the socket, adapted to abut against the loop,and a lateral spring loop upon an intermediate portion of the tongue.

6. A necktie clasp comprising a fiat elongated body, rearwardly directedinwardly curved resilient fingers upon the body forming recesses for theedges of a tie, a hinge socket on the end of one finger partiallyinclosing the tie, a loop on the end of the other finger partiallyinclosing the tie, and a tongue attached to the socket adapted toslidably engage both the loop and the tie and having a lateral springloop intermediate its ends.

7 A necktie clasp comprising an elongated body, inwardly curvedresilient fingers on the ends of the body forming recesses, a socket onone finger, a loop on the other finger, a longitudinally yielding tongueattached at one end to the socket, and having a lateral spring loopintermediate its ends, and a loop on the other end of the tongueslidably engaging the first loopand movable toward a recess.

8. A necktie clasp comprising an elon ated body, curved fingers on theends of the %ody, a loop on one finger, a tongue attached to the otherfinger slidably engaged by the loop, and a resilient open loop in thetongue exterading laterally therefrom intermediate its en s. 4

9. A necktie clasp comprising a fiat elongated body, integral rearwardlydirected inwardly curved fingers upon the ends of the loop, and alateral spring loop upon an intermediate portion of. the tongue locatedin a vertical plane in the rear of the body.

10. A necktie clasp comprising an elongated body, curved fingers uponthe ends of In testimony whereof I have afixed my thehbgdy, afioop Ionone finger, a tongue atsignature in presence of two Witnesses. tac e tot e 0t er finger engaged by the loop, an open resilient laterallydisposed EDWARD TOBIE' 5 loop upon an intermediate portion of theWitnesses:

tongue adjacent the body and in the rear HORATIO -E, BELLoWs, thereofadapted to form a barrier. MARY A. SULLIVAN.

